Govt lodges report against group claiming to be Sulu sultanate heirs


KUALA LUMPUR: The director-general of the Prime Minister's Department’s (JPM) Legal Affairs Division (BHEUU) Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud on Thursday (May 25) lodged a police report at the Putrajaya district police headquarters against a group of people claiming to be the heirs of the Sulu Sultanate.

According to a statement from the JPM Special Secretariat, the report was made following a claim filed by the group through a Notice of Arbitration submitted to the Malaysian government on July 30, 2019 involving an estimated claim exceeding USD32bil (RM148bil).

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